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Williams-v-SSHD: The Upper Tribunal allowed this substantive “Rule 322(5)/HMRC” Judicial Review, where it was alleged that the Applicant failed to pay tax on £165,355.00 on time. Zane Malik I appeared for the Applicant. Judgment is here: tinyurl.com/yd6jehjj

The High Court hand downs the judgment in Matthews v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2026 (Admin) and finds, after a fact-finding Judicial Review, that a person claiming to be a British Citizen born in the United Kingdom in 1976 was not, in fact, that person and was not a British Citizen. Zane Malik appeared for the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

The High Court gives its judgment in R (Teh) v Secretary for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1586 (Admin) on British Overseas Citizens who renounced their Malaysian citizenship in the mistaken belief that this would make them eligible for full Brit

The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal from Patal & Shah v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 2028 (Re: difference between “compulsion” and “choice” in derivative claims for residence based upon the care for “direct relatives” of British citizens). Zane Malik represents the appellant. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/2028.html.